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The 1961 NFL Championship Game was the 29th title game of the National Football League. It was played on December 31 at "New" City Stadium , later known as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay , Wisconsin , with an attendance of 39,029.
The Green Bay Packers won the first two Super Bowls, and also won the NFL Championship Game the preceding year. If the Super Bowl had been instituted that year, the Packers would have qualified and faced the Buffalo Bills of the AFL. The Miami Dolphins appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls (VI, VII, and VIII) – winning the last two.
Eight franchises have won consecutive Super Bowls: Green Bay Packers (1966-67 seasons), Miami Dolphins ... 1961: Green Bay Packers (NFL), Houston Oilers (AFL) 1960: Philadelphia Eagles (NFL ...
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
Fourteen NFL teams have won multiple Super Bowls during the event's history. They are as follows: New England Patriots: 6. Pittsburgh Steelers: 6. Dallas Cowboys: 5. San Francisco 49ers: 5.
With a win over the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Feb. 9, the Chiefs will become the first NFL team to achieve a three-peat since the 1967 Packers, whose run commenced before the first ...
Herb Adderley (defensive back) won the NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers in 1961, 1962 and 1965, Super Bowls I and II with the Packers after the 1966 and 1967 seasons, and Super Bowl VI with the Dallas Cowboys after the 1971 season.
The game has changed quite a bit since its inception 51 years ago when the Green Bay Packers won the first-ever NFL championship. 51 years of elation and heartbreak: Looking back at the history of ...